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The Only Recording Studio Was In Motown - It Was Called Tamla/motown At That Time And We Used To Audition There Because Smokey Robinson Was At That Studio And Berry Gordy Was The President. I Remember Asking Smokey To Listen To My Group And He Did. For The First Couple Of Years We Were Just Singing Background. We Used To Back Up Marvin Gaye; Mary Wells Was There Then, Marv Johnson, The Marvelettes, Martha Reeves And The Vandellas, Junior Walker And The All-stars.

I'm Not Really A Songwriter - I'm An Interpreter. So In A Sense I Am An Actress First And Foremost. I Act Out The Songs, And I Lead With My Heart.

So I'm Not Worried About The Emotions I Carry With Me, Because I'm Happy That I Have Them; I Think It's Good For The Work I Do. The Emotions That Are Not Healthy Are The Ones You Hold Inside, Like Anger.

I Just Think Josephine Baker Life Story Needs To Be Done. I Think She Was An Extraordinary Woman. To See Someone Who Was Basically A Showgirl Have The Kind Of Lifestyle She Had Was Extraordinary. I Really Think She Made Her Own Lifestyle.

One Thing You Cannot Control Is Nature.